Experts

Independent analyst

Professor of the Diplomacy Department of the MGIMO University, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Analyst on Russia and its Middle East policy, MPhil International Relations, University of Cambridge

Dr. of Political Science, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Problems of Transformation of Political Systems and Cultures, World Politics Department at Lomonosov Moscow State University

PhD in Economics, Head of the European Security Department RAS Institute of Europe

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

Deputy Director, Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences, of the Russian Academy of Sciences, President of the Association for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation

Former Foreign Secretary, Government of India

Consultant at PIR-Center for Policy Studies

Faculty of International Relations of St. Petersburg State University

Head of Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation (Rossotrudnichestvo), RIAC Member

Deputy Head, CCEIS Asia-Pacific Department, National Research University Higher School of Economics

PhD in Political Science, associate professor at the Department of World Politics, MGIMO University

PhD in Political Science, Director of the EU Political Integration Center at RAS Institute for European Studies

Senior Lecturer, Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University “LETI” and Saint Petersburg State University

Ph.D. in Political Science, Director of the Applied Research Center and Russian Academy of Sciences Institute for U.S. and Canadian Studies, Assistant Professor of the Faculty of World Politics at Lomonosov Moscow State University

Ph.D in Political Science, Foreign Affairs Analyst

Associate Professor, Senior researcher at the Сenter for civilizational and regional studies of the Institute of Africa of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Member of the Executive Committee of the World Federation of Scientists (WSWF)

Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club

Postgraduate student, MGIMO University

Deputy director and senior fellow with the Europe Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

Program Assistant at the Russian International Affairs Council

Master’s Student, MGIMO University, RIAC Intern

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

Retired Councellor RF Ministry of Foreign Affairs

University of San-Francisco, Professor of International Relations

Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor at the Department of World Politics, Faculty of International Relations, Director of World Politics Master’s Program, St. Petersburg State University